Tag: Egypt
Debate over Qatar: Is blockade-ending move positive for Middle East?
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates ended their three-and-a-half-year blockade against Qatar on Tuesday—a move whose implications appear to have mixed ramifications on issues surrounding the Middle East, according to foreign-policy experts.
Saudi Arabia...
Netanyahu to make first official visit to Egypt in more than a decade
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to head to Egypt for a state visit in the coming days, at the request of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, officials in Cairo have confirmed to Israel Hayom. The...
Eight peacekeeping force members killed in helicopter crash in Sinai Peninsula
Eight members of a peacekeeping force in Egypt, including five U.S. National Guard members, were killed when a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed in the southern Sinai Peninsula, announced the coalition force on...
The woke world goes to war against ‘Wonder Woman’
I’m not sure the world needed another movie about Cleopatra. And the career arc of Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who became an international superstar with her “Wonder Woman” films, isn’t something that matters all...
Report: Egyptian Army kills 77 radical Islamic militants in Sinai operations
The Egyptian Army announced that its forces have killed 77 radical Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula since July 22.
The military said that the operations it has been conducting in the Sinai for the...
Abbas calls UAE diplomatic move with Israel ‘treason’
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas called for an urgent meeting on Thursday with other Palestinian leaders following the announcement of the peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeneh...
What will normalization with the Arab world mean for Israel?
Israel is set to sign a historic agreement with the United Arab Emirates that would see the two Middle Eastern nations officially strike diplomatic relations and exchange embassies.
The move represents a major validation of...
Egyptian army foils ISIS terror attack in Sinai, kills 18
The Egyptian army announced that it foiled a terrorist attack on a military base in the northern Sinai village of Rabi’a on Tuesday that killed 18 of the attacking fighters, according to a report...
Why Cairo has stayed (mostly) silent as Israel considers sovereignty
When Mossad chief Yossi Cohen flew to Egypt last week to meet with the head of Egypt’s General Intelligence Service Abbas Kamal and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, he was likely confident that the meeting...
Bipartisan congressional letter warns against pulling US troops out of Sinai
A bipartisan group of members of Congress sent a letter last week to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, stating that withdrawing U.S. troops from the Multinational Force and Observers...